Food stamp recipients making tough choices after cuts

Providers fear more of the poor, missed by recovery, may be pushed into hunger

6:27 AM,
Apr. 22, 2014

Sarah Singley of Colerain picks up bread at the Healing Center in Springdale. 'A single working mom can't do it all,' she said. Her food stamps have gone from $430 monthly to $377. She lives with her parents and children, 2 and 5.

Written by

Lisa Bernard-Kuhn
and Cindy Schroeder

Near Cincinnati, Sarah Singley has less than $60 to feed herself and her two children for the rest of the month.

"With the cost of food now, a single working mom can't do it all," said Singley, who works part time as a sales associate for Macy's.

Nationally, recipients of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program saw a 5.5 percent cut in benefits in November. It's considered the largest cut to the program since Congress adopted the Food Stamp Act in 1964. ...